Multilingual Encounters in Europe's Institutional Spaces

Introduction: Encountering Multilingualism in Europe's Institutions, Johann W Unger, Michal Krzyzanowski and Ruth Wodak

Part I: Private sector institutions

2. Language management measures and their impact in companies operating in a context of linguistic diversity, Georges Luedi (University of Basel)

3. Language choice and participation management in international work meetings, Vicky Markaki, Sara Merlino, Lorenza Mondada, Florence Oloff and Veronique Traverso (ICAR Research Lab, Lyon)

Part II: National and supranational (political) institutions

4. The state's instrumentalisation of linguistic diversity: Swiss multilingualism as a national profit?, Alexandre Duchene (University of Fribourg) and Alfonso Del Percio (University of St Gallen)

5. Multilingual Communication in Europe's Supranational Spaces: Developments and Challenges in European Union Institutions, Michal Krzyzanowski (OErebro University)

6. The European Parliament: Multilingual Experiences in the Everyday Life of MEPs, Ruth Wodak (Lancaster University)

7. Multilingual practices in the European Commission, Bernhard Forchtner (Freie Universtaet Berlin)

Part III: Educational institutions

8. 'It's like winning the lottery': Discourses of aspiration and distinction in the local school economy, Adrian Blackledge and Angela Creese (Birmingham University)

9. The genealogy of educational change: educating to capitalise migrant students, Luisa Martin Rojo (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid)

10. Negotiating Multilingualism in Flemish Higher Education, Frank van Splunder (University of Antwerp)

11. Building a multilingual university in institutional policies and everyday practices, Emilee Moore (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya) and Luci Nussbaum (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona)

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